Changes in retinal microvascular caliber precede the clinical onset of preeclampsia

Hypertension

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 899-904

  Lupton, Samantha J ^a   Chiu, Christine L ^a   Hodgson, Lauren A B ^b   Tooher, Jane ^c   Ogle, Robert ^c   Wong, Tien Yin ^b,d   Hennessy, Annemarie ^a   Lind, Joanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

imaging diagnostic; microcirculation; preeclampsia; pregnancy; retina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MYDRIASIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA IMAGE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; MICROVASCULATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84886436644     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.01890     Document Type: Article

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